Yūgumo-class destroyer
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The Yūgumo-class destroyers (夕雲型駆逐艦, Yūgumo-gata kuchikukan) were a group of 19 destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The IJN called them Destroyer Type-A (甲型駆逐艦,, Kō-gata Kuchikukan) from their plan name. No ships of the class survived the war.
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Naganami in June 1942 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
Builders | |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Kagerō class |
Succeeded by | Akizuki class |
Built | 1940–1944 |
In commission | 1941–1945 |
Planned | 14 (1939) + 16 (1941) + 8 (1942) |
Completed | 19 |
Cancelled | 19 |
Lost | 19 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement |
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Length |
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Beam | 10.80 m (35 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 3.76 m (12 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
Complement | 225 (Yūgumo, 1941) |
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